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Date rape drugsEcstasy, 37GHB, 43, 46–47,51, 59Ketamine, 59, 68Rohypnol, 46, 55, 59Davenport-Hines,RichardThe Pursuit of Oblivion.A global historyof narcotics, 7Demerol(Meperdine), 8–10,72action of, 78analogues of, 78–82overdose of, 82patterns of use andabuse, 82side effects of, 78statistics of, 82structure of, 79Designer drugs (clubdrugs), 26, 30, 56,68, 71–72and the brain, 8–17dangers of, 11, 59defined, 8–12psychedelic effectsof, 12, 55psychoactive effectsof, 12, 55Desoxynand attentiondeficit/hyperactivitydisorder, 19and narcolepsy, 19Dilaudid, 72Dopamine, 80–81action of, 14and Ecstasy, 36, 39and methamphetamine,24, 26Drug-Induced RapePrevention andPunishment Act of1996, 55, 59Drugsabuse of, 6–7and animalresearch, 38history of, 6–7use of, 6–7Ecstasy (3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine,MDMA)(3, 4-methylenedioxyamphetamine,MDA), 9–10, 23,30–41, 52, 66, 68action of, 14, 36–39addiction to, 32,40–41common streetnames of, 30costs of, 32dangers of, 35, 37,39, 41as date rape drug,37forms of, 32–33history of, 30–32legal status of,30–32looks of, 32–33patterns of use andabuse of, 32,37–40physical effects of,31, 33–37, 39,41psychedelic effectsof, 31, 35psychologicaleffects of,33–36–38and serotonin, 14statistics of, 37–40structure of, 31uses of, 30–31, 37,40Endorphins, 14, 78Ephedrine, 32, 34and methamphetamine,22Epinephrineand methamphetamine,24Farias, Hillory J.and GHB overdose,49Fentanyl (Sublimaze),9–10, 72analogues of, 74–78,82common streetnames for, 75forms of, 74–76medical uses of, 74,77overdoses of, 75, 77,82patterns of use andabuse, 82physical effects of,76psychologicaleffects of, 76, 78side effects of, 76, 78statistics of, 82structures of, 77Flunitrazepam. SeeRohypnolForces of Habit. Drugsand the making ofthe modern world(Courtright), 791